The justices will hear argument in one case this morning: Flowers v. Mississippi, which asks whether a prosecutor’s repeated use of peremptory challenges to remove black people from the jury pool violated the Constitution. Amy Howe previewed the case for this blog, in a post that was first published at Howe on the Court. Cecilia Bruni and Brady Plastaras have a preview at Cornell Law School’s Legal Information Institute. At AP, Jeff Amy and Mark Sherman report that “[t]he state, defending the co... Tags: New York, Mississippi, Supreme Court, Law, Congress, Oregon, Court, America, Georgia, Bloomberg, Ap, Atlantic, United States, Hawaii, Liberty, New York Times

As inexperienced, untalented, and "bubble-ized" as we all know the Trump offspring to be, the new book "Kushner, Inc" shows just how much Donald Trump has imperiled the nation with his nepotism and the tawdry list of characters he has appointed and...
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HERE'S SOMETHING TANGENTIALLY RELATED TO AMAL CLOONEY: Everybody is going to read it.
IT'S RUTH BADER GINSBURG'S BIRTHDAY: Let's plank.
IT'S RUTH BADER GINSBURG'S BIRTHDAY AND PEOPLE ARE AWFUL: She's the target of anti-Semitism, again.
LAWSUIT WITH THE BEST CHANCE OF LANDING TRUMP IN A DEPOSITION: The Summer Zervos defamation lawsuit against Donald Trump is still a go.
WHY IS THE COLLEGE BRIBERY SCANDAL BEING HANDLED BY BOSTON? The guy who flipped to expose the scam is not wicked smart. Tags: Law, Boston, Donald Trump, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Clooney, Zervos, See Also, Amal Clooney Story

Donald Trump has issued his first veto in response to Congress's rejection of his emergency declaration of a border crisis.
It's unlikely Congress will have the votes to override the veto. Still, at least some Republicans refused to go...
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'We are true to our creed when a little girl born into the bleakest poverty knows that she has the same chance to succeed as anybody else …' Barack Obama, inaugural address, 2013 'We must create a level playing field for American companies and workers.' Donald Trump, inaugural address, 2017Meritocracy has become a leading social ideal. Politicians across the ideological spectrum continually return to the theme that the rewards of life – money, power, jobs, university admission – should be distri... Tags: Work, Business, UK, Money, Microsoft, Government, US, Barack Obama, Society, Capitalism, Bill Gates, Netherlands, Innovation, Morality, Donald Trump, Consumerism

Marie Gottschalk that this new Jacobin commentary assailing the FIRST STEP Act under the headlined "Did You Really Think Trump Was Going to Help End the Carceral State?" The piece reiterates at length a variety of the criticisms from the left waged against the risk assessment tools in FIRST STEP while its fate was being debated in Congress. I recommend the whole piece, and here is how it starts and some excerpts:
With much fanfare, President Donald Trump signed the First Step Act into law in De... Tags: Law, Congress, Cnn, New Jersey, Donald Trump, Jones, Trump, Prez Obama, Cory Booker, Van Jones, Bureau of Prisons, Bop, Douglas A Berman, Marie Gottschalk

* According to House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), special counsel Robert Mueller is making “a mistake” by not putting President Trump under oath for in-person testimony, since “he's made plain in the past [that] he feels it's perfectly fine to lie to the public.” [NBC News]
* Per his lawyer, Covington Catholic student Nick Sandmann will be suing CNN for at least $250M because the news network was “probably more vicious in its direct attacks” than the Washington Post. [The Hill]... Tags: Reality TV, Texas, Maryland, Law, Washington Post, Government, Cnn, Serial, Deaths, Women's Issues, Donald Trump, Adnan Syed, Law Schools, Sxsw, Trump, Reuters

Donald Trump is asking Congress to pass his budget bill includes $8.6 billion to help pay for his worthless wall.
I do not want a wall. We do not need a wall. Mexico will not pay for a wall. America will not see a dime from El Chapo. Instead,...
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Donald Trump's 2020 budget includes $100 million for a project created and led by his daughter, Ivanka Trump, named the Women's Global Development and Prosperity Initiative. (I wonder how much they paid for the spiffy website.) It will give...
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